The Proteas won’t be heading for the nets (or the bush!) after the disaster of the First Test. Instead they will be taking a break away from each other “tuning themselves mentally”. SA coach Mickey Arthur also defended the failures of AB de Villiers and Jacques Kallis.
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Linston Manuels – the man who made that controversial wrong decision in the Bulls match – is considered to be amongst the Top 12 referees in the country. The incident leaves André Watson with a big test for transparency.
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The Bulls – in sticking to the bare minimum requirements – are not meeting the transformation quotas that were agreed to, and Saru has pointed this out to them in a carefully worded written reprimand.
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Former All Black and New Zealand Maori player Bill Bush is calling for a 50 per cent Maori quota for the All Blacks. The NZRFU says the public wants a team selected on merit.
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The Springboks, third on the IRB rankings, finished a poor sixth at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne after losing 28-29 to Wales in the Plate competition. The Boks were leading into the final minute. The All Blacks retained their title by comfortably beating England 29-21. Kenya beat Tonga 26-12 to claim the Bowl.
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Roland Schoeman won the gold medal in the men’s 50m butterfly final at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday.
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South Africa lost three crucial wickets in the first session of the third day at Newlands. The only remaining question is: Will the proverbial Fat Lady sing today, or can the Proteas stretch the first test to a fourth day? Kallis could not add to his overnight score and was out for 36 to be...
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Natalie du Toit, who carried her country’s flag into the Melbourne Cricket Ground for Wednesday’s Opening Ceremony, broke her own record with a new best of 29.32 seconds in the morning semi-final and then smashed it again with 29.27 in winning the night final.
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Australia beat South Africa 20-14 to set up a semi-final spot against New Zealand, who beat Canada 24-0 at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
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On the positive side one can say that the Cats were still very much on the scoreboard, if not in the game as such, up to the 65th minute. On the negative side they eventually lost the second half 3-31 with a superb Crusaders side running out victors by 43-15.
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Our Super 14 teams are suffering because of their emphasis on defence rather than attack. The teams need to make a mental shift, says Boks psychologist Henning Gericke.
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It is time to inflict ourselves with some pain again. Cats take on the Crusaders. Feel free to keep the other Rugrats updated.
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André Snyman will leave Leeds when the season ends in May after accepting an offer from Bok coach Jake White to return and play for a place in next year’s World Cup team.
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Some four months ago he had hardly played provincial rugby, but now Cheetahs coach Rassie Erasmus hails Meyer Bosman as “the new Lem” and the ultimate answer to South Africa’s woes in the flyhalf department.
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The Bulls are worried about the lineout tactics of especially New Zealand teams and will appeal to Australian referee George Ayoub to keep a close watch on this aspect of the game when they face the Hurricanes tomorrow. “It’s more dangerous than a spear tackle,” says Victor Matfield.
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South Africa were in dire straits at 155/8 at tea lunch after they won the toss and decided to bat in overcast conditions. Smith (19), Gibbs (18), De Villiers (8) and Kallis (6) were back in the hut at lunch, and were soon followed by Prince (17), Rudolph (10), Boucher (16) and Hall (24). Batting is Bojé (19*) and Nel...
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South Africa won the men’s 4×100 metres freestyle relay at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday. Roland Schoeman, Ryk Neethling, Lyndon Ferns and Gerhard Zandberg won gold in a time of 3:14.97 ahead of Australia, who took silver and Canada who took bronze.
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The Springbok Sevens had a disastrous start at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and were beaten 26-19 by Tonga. Namibia have lost both their first matches.
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There is no consistency in the way referees blow games in the Super 14. What laws are being applied? Do all the referees have the same instructions? Do they all use the same book?! asks DAN RETIEF on SuperRugby. He comes to the conclusion that they are changing the tournament into the Year of the...
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Joe van Niekerk will be part of the Stormers squad for their tour Down Under, but not so utility back Gus Theron and the experienced Hendrik Gerber. The only surprise in the squad is the inclusion of a former SA u.21 prop.
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The 32-year André Snyman could be back in Durban after the Super 14 competitition. This follows on coach Jake White’s indication that he would offer the former Bok centre a World Cup contract.
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Some interesting views from Patrick Innes on the Bulls-Highlanders game. Like Hougaard being very ordinary. And the referee much worse, for loosies must bind to the scrum by their arms – and not by e-mail!
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Kobus speaks out on Rassie’s replacement ‘tricks’ A new captain was one of many changes in the Stormers team for Saturday’s derby match against the Cheetahs. Jean de Villiers will lead a team that is also without several of their regulars.
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Patrick Innes blames the Hurricanes poor performance on the selection of David Holwell, and feels justice was not done to the Stormers performance. But he cannot see Barry or De Villiers in the Springbok team, unlike Schalk Brits.
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England coach Andy Robinson dropped six World Cup winners on Tuesday for the Six Nations game against Ireland this weekend after his team was beaten 31-6 by France.
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In his weekly newsletter Patrick Innes from Kiwi country reviews the Cats’ latest match – and concludes that the SA franchises should do away with what he terms their Old School Coaches, with their total emphasis on power.
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Patrick Innes is enthusiastic about the new-look Sharks, and gives special mention to AJ Venter, Tony Brown and Odwa Ndungane. And for the first time in many years there is leadership and a game plan, says the Kiwi scribe.
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Bulls coach Heyneke Meyer believes that winning is what the game is all about – that’s what the fans want to see, even at the expense of dumping expansive tactics. He also thinks flyhalf Hougaard’s game is currently “close to perfect.”
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